Alrighty, this was both a great chapter and the most infuriating to write.. so I hope it was worth it.
So now... the Disclaimer...
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Dino Thunder or it's characters. All I own is Celea and a few other OCs... and the Academy she goes to, and it's moves.
Celea
I was in the Cyberspace Café with the others and Trent, sitting at the bar since it was slow.
"Check it out." Ethan was saying, "It says here brain waves are just electrical impulses that, if converted into a binary language, can be downloaded!"
"Yeah, I read about that." Trent nodded, "It means your eyes can become the video cameras of the future."
"Game Geek TV." Conner denied, "I wonder if it'll become part of basic cable."
I rolled my eyes before I gave Hunter a smoothie he'd ordered, "Sounds fun if you ask me."
"You're just saying that cause you hate lugging around your camera everywhere." He scuffed.
"It's five pounds I don't need around my throat." I reasoned with a shrug.
The doors opened and we looked to see two girls holding them for a girl in red dress with black hair… who walked in looking completely high and mighty.
I knew who it was instantly, and I rolled my eyes in annoyance. Just Nikki Valentina. Who cares?
Right as that thought crossed my mind, I noticed all the boys turning and gaping at her.
"Isn't that the girl from 'Ocean Alert'?" Kira asked as they turned to her too.
Now they were gaping at her! Even Hunter!
"The most popular Television show of all time?" Conner let out.
"Does anyone have a brown paper bag?" Ethan gaped.
"I'm Hyperventilating." Hunter added.
"Hunter Bradley!" I snapped, causing him to jump and glance at me as I gave Ethan the bag.
'What?'
"You said you hated that show!" I informed him.
'Do you see what I'm looking at though?'
"Just a pretty in pink loser." I rolled my eyes, "Tony Hawk. Now there's a star."
Hayley ran up to the star, grinning. "Welcome to Hayley's Cyberspace. What can I get you?"
"I'm just dying for a wheatgrass shake. With a Twist of Lemon." She answered.
I rolled my eyes, "Sorry. But we just ran out of Wheat Grass. How 'bout a Berry Banana smoothie?"
"Did I ask for a smoothie?" She asked with a smile, but I knew it was bitter, "I'm fairly certain I asked for a Wheat Grass Shake."
"And she's right. We-" Before Hayley could finish, Miss. 'Superstar' cut her off.
"Alright, I'll give you 100 dollars for it." She reasoned.
"I'm sorry… you can't buy, what I don't have." Hayley replied simply.
"Listen, I don't know if you noticed this, but I'm Nikki Valentina." She replied, "There's nothing I can't buy."
"Unless you wanna wait till tomorrow, you can't buy your shake." I got out from behind the counter and stood next to Hayley, "We'll get more Wheat Grass tomorrow, but not sooner. It impossible."
"Never mind, I'm over this place." The Superstar rolled her eyes and started for the exit.
I nodded, folded my arms, and walked back to the counter, "Good riddance."
"I have to meet her or my life will never be com– Ow!" Ethan was about to breath out weakly when I whacked the back of his head.
"If you weren't so caught up in your fantasies, you would've heard what she said to Hayley!" I snapped, I blinked when Cassidy got a hurt look on her face, "And now Cassidy! Okay, that's it!"
I was about to go after the actress when Hunter grabbed my arm and turned me back to his side.
"No. And, eyes." He hissed.
I took a deep breath, but that didn't stop my anger.
"Fine… but still. Someone needs to knock her down a peg…. Or a thousand." I reasoned.
"How could you say that?"
I groaned before my watch went off, "Okay, my shift's over, I'm going for a skate."
I headed out to the side of the Café and Ninja Ran to grab all my gear from the Hotel.
1 hour later…
"I can almost see it. That dream I'm dreaming but, There's a voice inside my head saying 'You'll never reach it'." I hummed softly as I skated down the pier, "Every step I'm taking, every move I make feels, lost with no direction. My faith is shaking. But… I, gotta keep trying! Gotta keep my head held high!"
"Ugh! Where is that hideous warbling coming from?!" I heard the unmistakable voice of Nikki Valentina as I jumped over an unclaimed lounge chair on the dock.
"There's always gonna be another mountain!" I continued singing, "I'm always gonna wanna make it move! Always gonna be an uphill battle! Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose! Ain't about how fast I get there! Ain't about what's waiting on the other side…! It's the climb…!"
I heard clapping close by and stopped to see Hunter smiling a bit.
"How much of that did you hear?" I smiled as I skated up to him.
"Enough to know you still sing when you try to clear your head." He replied.
I scuffed and rolled my eyes, "You're such a dork."
"But I'm your dork." He reasoned.
"That you are." I nodded before I heard something else nearby.
"Oh come on!" We groaned before we hurried after it.
5 minutes later…
Dr. O got beside us as we heard someone screaming… and I instantly recognized it.
"Oh for the love of…!" I hissed as we came up to a weird… shark… car… plant… combo deal.
I jumped through the air and side kicked it away from Nikki Valentina.
"Oh man… I hate shark monsters." Hunter growled as they got up to me.
"You're not the only one." Dr. O and I chorused.
"Are you alright?" Dr. O asked her.
"Great. Where am I gonna find someone to fix my-"
"A 'Thank you' is good enough." I cut her off.
She rolled her eyes and walked away, "Whatever."
We turned back as the Shark monster got back up.
"You'll pay for that!" It growled.
"Like we haven't already." I murmured before we went at it.
I easily kicked it a few times, as did Hunter, as Dr. O was able to jab it…
Of course, that didn't last long.
The monster stepped back and sent a blast at us.
We were thrown over a barricade and quickly held out our morphers, "Dino Thunder! Power Up! Ha!"
Once we were morphed, we easily landed on the ground, safe.
"That was close." I breathed out.
"No kidding." Hunt nodded quickly.
Hunter
We heard someone running up and we looked to see the others, morphed, and running up to us.
"Dr. O! Celea! Hunter!" They came to a stop around the corner.
"You guys okay?" Kira asked.
The door opened and I had to keep Celea back before she could strike who came out.
Nikki Valentina.
'Oh good God.' Celea grumbled softly, looking away.
"Hey, she is-"
'Don't forget you have a girlfriend!'
"Right… sorry, Cel."
'Least you're not being Conner or Ethan.' She added, and I had to look to see Ethan and Conner both trying to talk to Nikki, 'Makes me sick to think they'd do this for some girl!'
"Famous girl." I put in.
'Hunter!' She snapped.
"Sorry…" I grumbled.
Luckily, Nikki paid our friends little mind… before they were blasted back by that Shark freak… who jumped down and grabbed Nikki from behind.
"Come with me, human!" He growled before disappearing into an Invisa-portal.
"You guys okay?" We rushed up to the others.
"From now on, check your hormones at the door before you morph!" Celea and Kira decided.
"Got it." Conner, Ethan, and I agreed.
"Let's get back to the lab." Dr. O figured.
"Okay." We all nodded.
1 hour later…
We were unmorphed, in the Dino Lab.
Course… that revealed something… weird on both Ethan and Conner's faces…
That nearly made me throw up… and Celea… well…
"Oh, that is disgusting!" Celea groaned as she walked over to the rest of us, wiping her mouth.
"Yeah, this is not good." Ethan added.
They looked at a mirror, and the want to throw up got a little larger.
"You guys were lucky you were morphed." Dr. O let out as he came down from where the Console was, "Could've been a lot worse."
"Wasn't Cam morphed when he… you know…?" Celea looked over at me.
"Yeah… but that progressed… this… who knows?" I added with a shrug.
"You guys aren't helping!" Conner noted.
"Didn't think we were supposed to." We smirked softly.
"I can't believe this." Ethan let out.
"How am I supposed to save Nikki now?! Look at my face!" Conner complained.
"Dude, I just lost my lunch, don't make me lose my breakfast." Celea rolled her eyes.
"Mine looks like it should be delivered in 30 minutes or less." Ethan grumbled.
"I'll be joining you this time…" I walked over to a trash can and threw up.
"Okay…" Celea breathed heavily, "We have got to find a way to avoid any and all monsters that can do that."
"You're telling me." I grumbled.
"You know, some of us can look past the rash and see the person on the inside." Kira noted as we walked back over to them.
"Preach!" Celea nodded.
"Okay, Nikki Valentina is not like most of us." Conner reasoned simply.
"I could've told you that." Celea rolled her eyes, "But, two arms, two legs, all seems the same to me."
"What arms and legs… not to mention the rest of her…" Ethan noted simply.
Before I could add to that, Celea sent me a death glare.
"Seems like Mesogog shares your infatuation." Dr. O walked back over.
"He's thrown up a firewall around the Invisa-portals." Hayley informed him, "Not even the Raptor Cycles could get through."
"That's definitely not a good sign." We walked over.
"Not that I mind the fact that I could officially kick her butt if he does turn her, but we're gonna have to save her somehow." Celea added.
"But how?" I added.
5 minutes later…
We were looking at a screen with Nikki being thrown from an Invisa-portal, completely normal.
"I don't know how, but she's made it out." Hayley informed the others, "She's back at the beach."
"Yeah, go Nikki." Ethan grinned, "I told you she was smart."
"Yeah, as a bag of hammers." The girls grumbled.
Not even a moment later, we saw that Shark freak appear through the same Invisa-portal.
"Should've seen that coming." Celea and I sighed.
"Alright, Hayley, keep tracking that egg." Dr. O decided.
"I will." She nodded simply.
With that, the six of us got into formation.
"Ready?" I asked.
"Ready!"
"Dino Thunder! Power Up! Ha!" We shouted.
Once we were morphed, we headed out.
10 minutes later…
We quickly got to the Beach in front of the Shark freak, who was holding Nikki's wrist.
"You again?" The freak questioned.
"You're safe now." Conner assured the actress.
Right after he said that Zeltrax appeared through the Invisa-portal next.
"Why am I not surprised?" I murmured.
"Not for long!" Zeltrax growled.
We got into fighting stances before we ran up to fight the two freaks.
Nikki got out of the Shark freak's grip and quickly hurried away, allowing Celea, Conner, Kira, Ethan, and I to fight the Shark monster without trouble.
I went to side-kick it, but the freak blocked it, same with Ethan, then Conner.
Celea and Kira just barely got a few punches in before the freak forced them back too.
I growled and went for a strike with Ethan, which the monster turned on us and easily blasted the others with his other hand.
I growled as we pulled away and got beside the others.
"How about some flower power?" The monster held up a flower.
"How about no!" We growled.
But… the monster sent a blast from it at us, causing us to be forced backward and to the ground.
We continued to try to attack the freak, but it blocked each strike…
I tried to go at it while Celea went behind it… only got me flipped to the ground and Celea tossed beside me.
Same with the others.
Conner even tried for a flying jump kick, and it failed.
The Shark freak laughed and ran off.
"Come on!" Conner grunted as we got to our feet and ran after it.
Third Person
4 minutes later…
They reached the lot in front of the beach where the Shark freak, Megalador, stopped and turned to them.
"Uh oh…" He let out.
"It's time you learned a lesson!" Hunter snarled.
"Yeah, like don't blast people with a ray that turns their face to Pepperoni pizza." Ethan added.
"Good one Ethan."
"Really?"
"No."
Megalador sent a blast at them, that caused all five of them to jump out of the way.
"I've about had it with this guy." Celea growled as she got to her feet, only for her limbs to start shaking, 'Just like I've about had it with this shaking problem!'
"Then let's beat this freak!" Hunter got up beside her.
"I'm with ya on that." Conner agreed.
They ran up and tried to strike the monster separately… not much luck there.
They quickly got away and pulled out their blasters.
"Alright guys, let's give this freak a blast." Conner decided quickly.
The other four nodded before sending several blasts at the monster, forcing it back.
"Yeah!" Celea smirked.
By the beach…
Hayley quickly walked around the beach trying to find a Dino-Egg.
"It must be here…" She mumbled to herself.
She looked under a rock and smiled softly.
"Hey, little guy." She dusted it off before picking it up and hurrying off.
With the other five…
Megalador got back up quickly.
"Let's put 'em together!" Ethan decided.
The five did just that with their special weapons, creating the Z-Rex Blaster.
"Z-Rex Blaster!" They called out.
"Fire!" Conner exclaimed before he pulled the trigger.
Within seconds, the familiar Dino-mouthed blast stuck the monster and destroyed it.
"Yeah!" They cheered as they got out of formation with their weapons.
"Why didn't we think of that sooner?" Celea looked over at Hunter.
"I have no idea." He breathed a laugh.
Their joy, of course, was short-lived, when Megalador grew back at Mega height.
"Now I'm the big fish!" It laughed.
"Dr. O?" Celea called to her Com-Link.
"They're on their way." He assured.
Right as he said that, the BrachioZord came into view and let their Bio-Zords out.
Within seconds, the five were inside their Zords before combining into the Megazord.
"I'm the catch of the day." Megalador mocked.
"I've about had it with the fish puns!" Hunter snarled.
The Monster and the Megazord traded blows before Megalador blasted them with a strong blow of water.
This caused all five of them to fall out of the Megazord.
"What just happened?!" Celea gaped as they landed on the ground again.
"You guys alright?" Dr. Oliver rushed over.
"We're fine." They assured.
"But something's fishy here." Conner decided.
"Don't you start with the puns." Kira grumbled.
Megalador disappeared from where he was on land and went to the sea, which Celea really didn't like.
Especially when it started making a Tsunami out of the ocean!
"It's a tidal wave…" Ethan let out in worry.
"Oh of all the times Tori wasn't in town." Hunter gulped.
They heard a car coming to a screeching halt and turned to see Hayley coming to a stop behind them.
"Guys. I found the egg." She informed them before she tossed it out to them, "Catch."
Hunter was the only one that did as it got into his grip.
"Got it." He assured, "Here." He was about to hand it to Tommy when his morpher changed shape and color to match the Zord inside the Egg.
It continued to glow, reacting to the egg in his other hand before it actually hatched into a small version in his hand.
"Awesome." Ethan let out when he looked at it.
"That's so cool… and cute." Celea noted.
It jumped out of Hunter's hand and grew to the size of a regular Zord.
"It's a StegoZord." Dr. Oliver informed them when it was at full size, "Incredible…"
They heard Megalador again, causing them to look at the growing wall of water.
"Okay guys, we've got a new friend." Dr. Oliver let out, "Use your concentration to tame the StegoZord and combine with you."
"Alright!" They agreed before they hurried back to their own Zords.
Once they did, they recombined.
"Online." They chorused once done.
They closed their eyes and quickly got to work taming the Dino-Zord.
Within seconds, the StegoZord's back opened and they smirked.
"It's working." Conner commented.
They got their Megazord onto the open back.
"Now it's our turn, to turn the tide!" Kira declared.
"Let's turn this fool into a plate of sushi!" Conner added.
"Talk about a fish out of water!" Ethan comment.
"If you make one fish comment, you're sleeping on the couch." Celea glared over at Hunter as his own fish joke was on the tip of his tongue.
'Got it.' He assured quickly.
They got the StegoZord to jump into the water in front of Megalador a moment later.
"Huh? Where'd you get that?" The monster questioned.
The five just smirked as it surfed one of the large waves and got up to it.
"Hanging Ten!" They called out the attack.
Within seconds, what would've been the spikes on the StegoZord struck Megalador back.
Celea looked out at the rising water and fear was nearly bubbling into her system.
"Let's get this done quick!" She let out as strong as she could manage.
"Dino Drill!" They chorused before surfing above the wave again and striking Megalador through, causing it to explode finally.
This was followed by the giant wave disappearing.
"Yeah!"
"We did it!"
"Awesome!"
"Whoo…"
Later that day…
With Megalador destroyed, so was the little flower spell on Conner and Ethan's faces.
The five were at the beach again, where Nikki was.
"There she is!" Ethan tried not to squeal.
The three teen boys -Celea couldn't stop Hunter from doing this no matter how much she wanted to- walked up to where Nikki was getting ready for another scene.
"Let me do the talking." Conner instructed them.
"Oh yeah right." Hunter scuffed in amusement.
"If I have to talk to anymore annoying love-struck fans, I'm gonna barf in my coffee cup." Nikki let out as they just were about to say hi.
"Woah…" The three stepped back as Nikki got called to the set.
"So… you guys put the moves on Nikki?" Celea smirked as she and Kira got in front of them instead.
"No…" Ethan denied.
"It turns out…" Hunter continued.
"She is whack!" Conner finished in annoyance.
"Well guys, I say you learned a valuable lesson." Kira figured as they sat at a covered picnic table.
"What? Sticking to cheerleaders?" Conner scuffed.
"He's kidding." Ethan insisted promptly, "And we know."
"Can't judge a book by its cover." Hunter added.
"Even a prime one like Nikki's…" Ethan grumbled.
They looked at where Nikki was and Celea clapped her hands in front of their faces.
"Okay… we're at a beach, I say we enjoy it. It's a beautiful sunny day, and I'm not gonna let it go to waste." She informed them before she headed down the steps to the sand.
"We'll come with you!" They quickly followed after her.
Cassidy was being escorted off the set, trying to get the five to help her, which they didn't, and continued on.
"Ah… beautiful day… beautiful sun…" Celea breathed in the air.
"Beautiful girlfriend." Hunter smiled at her.
Celea laughed, "Yeah… oh… I brought a beach ball… mind getting it?"
"Nope. I'll be right back." He quickly hurried back to where he parked the truck.
As he did, Celea looked at her shaky hands again.
"There's got to be a solution to this…" She whispered.
Here ya go...
Not much to say now...
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Next week, next chapter.